I wish we lived in a Republic...we could Petition our government with our grievances, and there are many.
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I wish we lived in a Republic...we could Petition our government with our grievances, and there are many.
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Right to petition != mandate they heed, hear or read.
Though, personally, I find it quite ‘funny’ & ironic, many (R)N(C), & on FR, over the years being just DANDY w/ “foreign aide” (going to their supported ‘sugar baby’ du jour), or wailing “I ‘paid’ into {Ponzi scheme of support}”. Bet many voted in support the latest ${X} for ‘schools’, police/fire union contracts.
Hell, like abused spouses, many quickly returned to the stadiums to support their fav. teams....break & circuses.
We’re LONG past the lost Republic stage (can thank the tyrant Lincoln)
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“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”
― Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority